Assessing the suitability and safety of a well-known bud-galling wasp, Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae, for biological control of Acacia longifolia in Portugal

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-201

  Marchante, H ^a   Freitas, H ^b   Hoffmann, J H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia longifolia; Biocontrol; Buds dissection; Europe; Invasive plant species; Specificity tests; Sydney golden wattle; Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA LONGIFOLIA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; CYTISUS; CYTISUS STRIATUS; TRICHILOGASTER ACACIAELONGIFOLIAE; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 78650174434     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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